Telecommunicator Trainee
County of Blair
- Altoona, PA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Three months of full-time classroom training (Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
- Three months maximum of hands-on training across multiple shifts in a 24-hour operation
- Forty hours of accredited training in telecommunications, APCO Institute or equivalent, and accompanying certification
- Training in emergency medical dispatching or emergency police dispatch with accompanying certification
- Working knowledge of or ability to learn policies and procedures of an emergency communications center
- Knowledge of or ability to learn geography, topography, and environmental characteristics of Blair County
- Knowledge of or ability to learn use of municipal/county/state road maps